BRIAN is ranked as the 19th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,607,034.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 504.0 people named BRIAN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BRIAN is 1,075,135.
The SSA data also shows that BRIAN is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BRIAN is
82.2% White,
2.9% Hispanic origin,
11.1% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BRIAN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BRIAN is included in the following name catgories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Irish masculine given name
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
French surname
Irish surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BRIAN
The state with the most people named
BRIAN is
California where
130,401 people have this name.
Ohio is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BRIAN, as
855.87 in every 100,000
Ohioans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Illinois.
Ohio is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BRIAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
100,142
777.46
100.0%
Indiana
54,487
825.96
100.0%
Iowa
17,277
556.04
99.9%
Kansas
20,928
720.66
99.9%
Michigan
53,386
538.71
100.0%
Minnesota
33,733
618.15
100.0%
Missouri
11,108
371.01
99.8%
Nebraska
14,684
780.45
99.9%
North Dakota
6,304
852.55
99.9%
Ohio
99,231
855.87
100.0%
South Dakota
7,269
851.96
99.9%
Wisconsin
35,980
624.92
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name BRIAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
5,830
791.27
99.8%
Arizona
39,080
580.56
99.9%
California
130,401
336.06
100.0%
Colorado
41,897
782.26
100.0%
Hawaii
5,966
420.3
99.9%
Idaho
11,735
717.98
99.9%
Montana
6,958
679.78
99.8%
Nevada
15,289
538.5
99.9%
New Mexico
8,451
405.21
99.8%
Oregon
27,179
684.57
99.9%
Utah
23,255
790.19
100.0%
Washington
35,137
497.58
100.0%
Wyoming
4,010
686.42
99.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BRIAN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BRIAN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BRIAN.
The most popular full name is BRIAN Smith.
1.03% of all the people named BRIAN
have this family name.
There are 80127 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BRIAN